The now-deceased perpetrator, Mevlut Mert Altintas, 22, was an officer for the Ankara police force who attended the opening event of an art gallery by reportedly pretending to be Karlov’s official bodyguard.

After the shooting, Altintas shouted Islamist-affiliated slogans with his just-fired gun still drawn. Authorites from both countries are trying to find further information on Altintas, such as possible ties to terrorist organizations.

Russia is planning on sending a special team of technical experts to Turkey to help decode the four-digit password needed to unlock the mobile device. Russian attempts to decipher the passcode have been unsuccessful so far, but some data has been extracted and accessed, according to MacReports.

This situation is extremely similar to the aftermath of the San Bernardino shootings in 2015. The FBI, led by Director James Comey, implored CEO Tim Cook of Apple to unlock the iPhone 5C of Syed Rizwan Farook, one of the two attackers (even though the technical feasibility of this is highly dubious).

Tim Cook, the CEO of Apple, said it would not be able to unlock the phone because it would require inventing the “software equivalent of cancer,” which would potentially compromise the private information of all iPhone users.

“The FBI may use different words to describe this tool, but make no mistake: Building a version of iOS that bypasses security in this way would undeniably create a back door,” Cook said. “And while the government may argue that its use would be limited to this case, there is no way to guarantee such control.”

The FBI eventually gained access to Farook’s smartphone without Apple’s help.

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